Im 14 but I dont really want to pierce my cartilage just a third piercing, to even it out because one closed. If you know how to on the belly button too feel free to answer that also lol. Do I really need someone else to be there to pierce??
2007-02-15 12:20:38 · 11 answers · asked by [_kea_;!] 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
well just on the lobe i know how to do cause i did that when i was around your age.
grab a sewing needle or a thicker needle. paper towel, a lighter an ice cube and a mushrrom,apple,potatoe anything like that,
1. put the needle above the flame for a little bit. to disenfect it.
2. put the ice cube to the ear to numb it use towel if necessary.
3. put the fruit/veggie behind your ear.
4. grab the needle and push it through. make shure it goes all the way through.
the towel can be used to wipe up blood if it comes out. then keep the earring in and the viola! you have yourself a peircing. it should be nearly painless. on the lobe, never tried it on anything else.
be super careful tho, make shure the holes are even. hope this helps out!
2007-02-15 12:29:22 · answer #1 · answered by alexs117 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, you can't do it yourself and the belly button is out. In the 60's we would take ice cubes and hold it on the fatty part of the ear and make it numb, until it hurt. then take a long thin needle and steralize it by fire and then alcohol or peroxide and have someone push it through from the front with a hard surface behind the ear to make it stable. It hurts like heck. Wal mart only charges $10. or so to do it with a gun and it doesn't hurt and the earring is in there. Aslo they sell the one use guns too I hear. So, I would just go get it done there. You risk it being crooked and if it isn't the ear lobe but the cartlidge it can make you sick, infection and it has a lot of nerve endings in it. So, I would think real hard about that. It's not worth an infection and a Dr. visit and medecine too.
2007-02-15 12:29:37 · answer #2 · answered by MISS-MARY 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
don't get it done with a gun. guns can't be sterilized and they're really bad for you. just buy a sterile hollow needle online for like 50 cents and clean some buckle free earings with rubbing alcohol. don't use ice to numb it. it makes the tissue contract which makes the needle harder to go through and it can cause damage to your ear. just shove the needle through and then follow with the earring. you can also put a sterile clamp on your belly button and do pretty much the same thing. but never use guns or ice for piercings please:-)
2015-10-10 08:59:06 · answer #3 · answered by nat 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can do your ears by yourself with a big sewing needle, and a small potato to put behind your ear for the needle to go into. Just make sure you do it from the same angle on each ear. Sorry, but I don't know anything about belly button piercing.
2007-02-15 12:26:13 · answer #4 · answered by Bud's Girl 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i wouldnt do it myself at all, your ears could get very infected but i do know a girl that used a stud ear ring that had been cleaned very well and she done hers herself and they were fine (although im not encouraging that) and as for the belly button i done mine myself with a saftey pin, it hurt like hell and didnt work out at all because it was too small to put a ring through, i went and got it done professionally and it didnt hurt at all, it was much better than doing it myself and i think your ears will be the same way too. you dont have to have someone else there but it may be a good thing in case you were to pass out or something
2007-02-15 12:29:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never! pierce your ears at home. I did it when I was your age and I ended up with swollen glands. No this doesn't happen to everyone but it DOES happen. Last month I went to Walmart and paid $8 for one piercing in each ear. Today, it's healed and looks great! Go to Walmart and dont do it yourself!
2007-02-17 17:57:53 · answer #6 · answered by SkYkIsSeR 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never do it at home by yourself. There's not a guaranteed easy, safe way to do it at home. And never get anything pierced with a gun. Always go to a professional for all piercings. (Hint: The people at the mall are NOT professionals.) It costs more, but as the saying goes you get what you pay for.
2007-02-15 12:29:40 · answer #7 · answered by LinzyLoo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would really advice against this. Just pay somebody with the right equipment. It can be done but you risk an infection and if not treated your ear.
2007-02-15 12:24:29 · answer #8 · answered by mr_gees100_peas 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should have someone else there, just in case you miss or faint or something. But really, you should get it done by a professional.
2007-02-15 12:23:48 · answer #9 · answered by Rosie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
probably a rusty nail from your dad's shed.
hold your ear against a raw piece of chicken and hammer it through until it's pierced.
2007-02-15 12:26:13 · answer #10 · answered by Sgt. Pepper 5 · 2⤊ 5⤋